Dementia Diagnosis Linked to Suicide Risk almost seven times higher for people with diagnosis before age 65 Oct 03, 2022
Growing Calls to Marry HF Specialists With Cardiac Critical Care Cardiac ICU staffing issues require a multidisciplinary team approach, some say Oct 02, 2022
Higher Dose, Longer Treatment Interval With Aflibercept Shows Promise in Eye Disease Dosing 8 mg every 12 or 16 weeks for DME, AMD matches results with 2 mg every 8 weeks Oct 02, 2022
Keeping Plavix After Short DAPT: Bleeding Benefit Emerges a Few Years After PCI Antiplatelet strategy has good results in longer follow-up of SMART-CHOICE trial Sep 29, 2022
The Future Looks Bleak for Surgical Residents Like Me Looming Medicare cuts will force surgeons to do more with less, undermining trainee success Sep 28, 2022
Biden Hits Republicans, Drug Companies in Healthcare Speech "This year, the American people won and Big Pharma lost" Sep 27, 2022
It's High Time for Broader Access to Non-Opioid Pain Medication Limited Medicare coverage poses barriers, but bipartisan legislation offers a solution Sep 22, 2022
Making Low-Dose tPA Work for Japanese DOAC Users With Ischemic Stroke IV thrombolytics for these patients are accepted in some countries, but not the U.S. Sep 21, 2022
Nursing Home Medical Directors Should Be Named Publicly, Bill Urges Reporting names to CMS could point out those who are in over their heads, society says Sep 21, 2022
Not Just Recalls: Philips Tangles With Law Enforcement Company agreed to pay $24 million to settle whistleblower lawsuit Sep 21, 2022
In Wake of Philips Recall, Patients Still Waiting for Sleep Apnea Devices Effects of recall reverberate through sleep medicine community Sep 21, 2022
No Weird Dreams for Insomnia Patients Taking Lemborexant Even at 10 mg, the sleep aid resulted in few abnormal dreams or nightmares Sep 20, 2022
Gabapentin After Surgery Ups Risks in Older Adults Delirium, new antipsychotic use, and pneumonia more common Sep 20, 2022
Trazodone Commonly Used Off-Label for Insomnia Not much data to support efficacy or safety "as a surrogate hypnotic medication," researcher says Sep 20, 2022
Is PMR the Next Indication for Tocilizumab? Phase III data suggest yes, albeit in a limited population and with several cautions Sep 20, 2022
Wrangling Medicare: A New Vision A look at the future of the largest U.S. health insurance provider with Meena Seshamani, MD, PhD Sep 20, 2022 podcast
PCI vs CABG: Does Age Inform Choice for Left Main Coronary Artery Disease? Swedish registry study contributes to ongoing controversy Sep 19, 2022
Rexulti Calms Alzheimer's Dementia-Related Agitation But atypical antipsychotic disappoints in borderline personality disorder Sep 19, 2022
RDN Powers Through Another Off-Med Trial, Clinical Benefits Still Untested Plus, an apparent magnification of effect in SYMPLICITY HTN-3 Sep 19, 2022
Stroke-Heart Syndrome: The 'Perfect Storm' Clinicians describe significant diagnostic and treatment challenges for a young patient Sep 19, 2022
MitraClip G4 Sets the Bar Higher for Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair Post-approval study suggests growing pool of TEER-suitable patients Sep 18, 2022
Presumed Clinical Benefits of TAVR Cerebral Protection Remain Unproven Large trial comes up short in proving a definitive benefit to debris filters Sep 17, 2022
Current Troponin Testing Approach Is a Bust for MI Diagnosis in Older People Age-adjusted cutoffs, universal rule-in threshold not helpful either Sep 16, 2022
Appointment Wait Times Continue to Rise Amid Concerns of Physician Shortages New survey finds that wait times increased by 8% across four specialties since 2017 Sep 16, 2022
Data Now Out for Pegloticase-MTX Combo Gout Treatment Journal publication supports recent label change Sep 16, 2022
The Internal Conflict of Being a Ringside Doctor The aftermath of a 2019 fight nearly broke me Sep 15, 2022
Cognition Improves With Daily Multivitamin Supplement But it's too early to recommend multivitamins to prevent cognitive decline, experts caution Sep 15, 2022
House Bill Would Fix Glitch in Medicare Non-Emergency Ambulance Transport Program Measure would require states to help some "dual eligibles" who have trouble accessing the benefit Sep 15, 2022
Aggressive Alcohol Septal Ablation for HCM Holds Up, Pacemakers Notwithstanding Complication of ablation not associated with worse outcomes at 5 years Sep 14, 2022
Make the Diagnosis: Increased Hair Loss and 'White Bulbs' -- What’s Up? A 55-year-old woman visited her doctor after noticing that the hair on her scalp was falling out at an increased rate over the last 3 months. Sep 14, 2022
Confirmed: Gout Comes With Increased Heart Risk But associated conditions (like obesity) still play largest role Sep 13, 2022
Survival Bump in Unfit NSCLC With First-Line Immunotherapy Atezolizumab doubles OS at 2 years versus chemotherapy in those ineligible for platinum doublets Sep 12, 2022
Cardiovascular Risks Not Increased With Denosumab Large observational databases mitigate concerns about the osteoporosis therapy Sep 12, 2022
Some Reassurance That a Cuffless BP Sensor Works Regardless of Body Fat, Skin Color Study of the Biobeats sensor prompted by concerns from the FDA Sep 11, 2022
Does the Picture of HTN Disorders in Children Vary by Age, Preterm Birth? Preliminary findings from an epidemiological study of pediatric hypertension Sep 11, 2022
Predicting Fractures in RA: Is FRAX Useful in the Modern Treatment Era? Algorithm held its own, but not many study patients were on biologics Sep 11, 2022
Do Some Need to Get Better at Documenting Hypertension in Patient Notes? Study finds settings where BP documentation is especially lax Sep 11, 2022
BP Lowering in Pregnant Women Continues to Take Shape Clinical guidance released, further studies planned in CHAP trial aftermath Sep 10, 2022
Good News, Bad News for Global Hip Fracture Rates Incidence has declined, but burden will increase as older population grows Sep 10, 2022
